Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours
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Prerequisites: PHIL 001 or PHIL 001H or PHIL 006 or PHIL 010 or PHIL 010H or PHIL 114 or PHIL 133 or PHIL 134 or PHIL 135 or PHIL 137 or PHIL 144; BIOL 002 or BIOL 003 or BIOL 005A or BIOL 005B or BIOL 005C or BIOL 010 or BIOL 020 or BIOL 030 or BIOL 034; restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior
Description: Examines philosophical issues central to the life sciences. Topics include life, evolutionary theory, fitness, the units of selection, information, genetic and epigentic inheritance, and the evolution of minds.